Molag Bal - Daedric Prince of Corruption & Other | The Elder Scrolls Podcast #67

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[@RichterPhallos]

"Pretty Dodgy Fellow" is definitely the best of Molag Bal's many titles.

[@himynamelscolin]

“He’s a pretty dodgy fellow” wise words from daedrologist drew!!

[@greasyweeb]

"just because he can" perfectly sums up molag bal, he does what he wants purely because he can and that's all the reason he needs.

[@skullwolf1337]

Deadra will always do what they want only the deadra princess can bring about change

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Nah that's not it. He does it because he's insecure. He's an abuser with deep-rooted insecurities, and he does things that make him feel as powerful as he thinks he should feel.

[@skullwolf1337]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 molag bal is the embodiment of revolution an change, if there is noting to revolut against or nothing to change what is he than?

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

@@skullwolf1337 lmao you mean Mehrunes Dagon

[@mr.jameson218]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 Bruh, stop. This isn't LOTR or Harry Potter. The Daedric Princes aren't *people*. They're elements, essentially. Molag Bal IS dominance. He forces everyone and everything under his heel because that's what he is. There's no insecurity and no real reason we'd understand. He's no abuser. He's not even truly evil. Is a carnivore and evil for preying on other animals? No. It's just what they are. He is malice and rape. He's intangible and beyond all morality which is inherently subjective.

[@zarrg5611]

'Other' is a very powerful domain.

[@kingclint2382]

Well met 😏

[@vibes5805]

I mean they can't exactly put rape and expect the video to stay up

[@mesektet5776]

He has so many horrific titles - “Prince of Domination”, “Lord of Corruption”, “Lord of Brutality”, “Captain of Corruption”, “Sewer of Schemes”, “Lord of Cold-Harbor”, “Molag the Schemer”, “Lord of Lies” and perhaps his most sinister title of all ... “Malcom McDowell”!

[@joenathan8059]

You forgot grape

[@badluck5647]

@@joenathan8059 Molag Bal, King of Grape 🍇

[@dantereinhardt6911]

@@badluck5647 King of Murder Grape

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Necro-Grape

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Not the Prince of Rape... nope, his worse title is "Malcom McDowell". 🤣

[@thalmoragent9344]

*"Molag Bal, a Daedra so vile, not even our dastardly Dunmer cousins venerate him. Daedric Prince of Titles, BDSM, Vore, dark kinks... Harkon's secret daddy. He truly is Molag Ballin"* #YoungScrolls #BloodGang

[@kingclint2382]

Hmm, good candidate for Halloween

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@kingclint2382 For real. This guy... welp, let's just just say he's definitely raunchy Halloween material

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Oi! That's Racist!!!

[@TheFeltmeister]

Stop quoting everything you say bruh

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen worships Molag Bal.

[@21scandium42]

The interesting thing about the Daggerfall - Oblivion depictions of Molag Bal is that they more closely resemble older medieval depictions of the devil (reptilian and almost dragon-esq) while the newer depictions are much more akin to the modern image of a demon.

[@kaimagnus5760]

What if Vivec and Molag Bal actually had the most healthy and wholesome relationship ever and the 36 Lessons are just a coverstory so they dont lose face?

[@zacharyhawley1693]

I could see it.

[@wolffpup245]

Stranger things have happened, and it's certainly plausible.

[@Angelo-nd4lg]

Headless vivec is the happiest vivec. Spearless Bal is the angriest bal.

[@Karnork]

Molag Bal - Daedric Prince of Corruption & Other terrible things we can't put in the title or else KZbin will be mad.

[@badluck5647]

Molag Bal, King of Grape 🍇

[@LordMalice6d9]

KZbin, the Daedric Prince of censorship, lord of Demonitization.

[@ElectricOstrich]

Molag Bal has more titles than the Dragonborn

[@Angelo-nd4lg]

"Yes, into the bowels. Come deeper your surprise is waiting." - Todd probably.

[@G59forlife.]

-Riley Reid talking to her step brother

[@ethanb.3984]

Perfect timing, I’m a day into a molag bal devotee wintersun build as we speak. Perfect mental furnishing for roleplay

[@Angelo-nd4lg]

Yes n dont forget to use the mandatory molag bal spiked buttplug

[@mesektet5776]

Corruption and uh.. let’s say “Grape”.

[@badluck5647]

Molag Bal, King of Grape 🍇

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

I prefer the phrase "enforced copulations"

[@mspionage1743]

Interestingly Molag is probably the best Prince to serve as a champion for as he doesn't get involved in your life and simply wants you to use your weapon to kill when needed. The other princes require eternity or other nonsense but Bal just wants chaos and you to cause it.

[@willscofield7597]

Except for the fact that you have to spend eternity in coldhaubor arguably the worst daedric realm in existence

[@kylerBD]

@@willscofield7597 Akatosh claims all dragon souls upon death which includes the dragonborn

[@tonylouis6072]

He would have you do awful things in his name

[@badluck5647]

I disagree. Bal doesn't just support domination. He wants to be the one to dominate everything, so he his servants are slaves to his will. I doubt he grants much independence.

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

@@kylerBD He didnt claim Miraaks. So I guess it depends on the circumstances. If Molag just yeets you before death like Mora did Miraak its game over for your buttcheeks.

[@ajjessen5236]

For as awful as Bal is, his taste of aesthetic in cold harbor and it’s denizens is pretty on point. It looks pretty cool.

[@hansgerman3437]

"For Shor" is my favourite phrase of you guys

[@travgillard6834]

For sure....

[@hyperspacejester7377]

Four shaw

[@styx8975]

Molag Bal, Deadric Prince of “Damnit because of you we can’t marry Serana.”

[@MCPunk55]

Enter mods; the only power not even the Daedra can defeat.

[@mark5222]

Oddly enough, with mods, he's the reason why you can marry her. Serana would've been dead eras ago if not for him.

[@oliverholm3973]

"He forcibly took the virginity of Lamae Bal, killing her in the process" "Hmm pretty dodgy fella" This is possibly the funniest unscripted exchange I've heard in my fucking life

[@curtisclarke-jones4027]

Was captain of corruption a title earlier in his career before he got promoted up to lord of corruption

[@Dan-B]

**Molag Bal enters Nirn** “It is I, Molag Bal, Daedric prince of Other........” “st- stop laughing”

[@woollama]

b-baka

[@Dan-B]

@@woollama I honestly don’t know if your coming for me or not :P

[@infra_r3d133]

“I used to be an adventurer like you, until Molag Bal graped me, killed me, and turned me into a vampire” - Lamae Beolfag, probably Edit: grammar.

[@Crusader-tg1wx]

🍇

[@SMHBros]

"im gonna grape you in the mouth" - Molag Bal probably.

[@infra_r3d133]

@@SMHBros - lol you got the reference

[@Angelo-nd4lg]

Yes deeper, into the bowels. Your surprise is waiting. - Todd probably

[@dylanwalser3138]

32:00 mins in and the GOLDEN LORE about BAL and VIVEC. When I first heard this I could not contain my laughter. 😂

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

Still a better love story than Twilight lol

[@zredfernhall]

You guys really ignored the glorious opportunity to call him the “demon of demonetization‽” “Other?” *”OTHER‽”* You guys are better than that

[@Nova-jw6ju]

Cultured use of an interrobang

[@meangreenmach0774]

Prince of other and demonization

[@daltsu3498]

Going to have to do a video theorizing jygglaggs relationship with anu. I suspect that perfect order being ganged up on by the other daedra has something to do with patomay and anu's struggle.

[@maxaimus_prime]

Been watching for like the past 2 months! First comment though, you guys rock! I didn't think anything would get me to play Skyrim for the 400th time, but learning all this new lore has done it! Currently a lv 34 Argonian battlemage!

[@darkpaw1522]

My favorite Daedric Prince and honestly the most misunderstood. I think you guys captured his ideals extremely well. He is the tester, the Ruddyman, and dominator. Molag Bal helps those who are weak become strong, and those who remain weak toil. His order is the most fair to me. Because in truth Power is all that matters in the end. Your willpower is what defines you. If you lose that, you’re no better than a soul worm working in his catacombs.

[@ASAP_Kenny]

Dawg y’all are so close to 1 million, can’t wait to see the boom this channel is gonna get when TES:6 comes out

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

The only thing more Evil than molag bal are the Drukari/Dark Eldar from warhammer 40k. And that's saying something.

[@zienwolf]

Morlag Bal could be the bastard love child of Khorne and Slaanesh.

[@matthewwilson2637]

There is also a book that talks about how molag bal sent his minions to come through oblivion to find an atronach as elegant as a fire atronach but as cold as a frost atronach to better fit in his realm. Hence the cold fire atronoch. Which not so coincidentally matches his preferred way of power manifestation, molag bals cold fire.

[@SirAshford]

Meridia and Molag Bal have parallels in that both want their followers to lack individual agency. For me, I like Meridia but I also enjoy vampirism too much, though I really care little for Molag Bal.

[@badluck5647]

Meridia also wants to dominate morals, but at least Bal is honest about it.

[@ShotgunRain96]

I hope the VIGILANT Skyrim mod gets a mention at some point. Amazing lore with Molag Bal at the center of the story.

[@gaminreasons8941]

"Other". We know why it's Other. And we understand.

[@maxteraform]

Can we take a moment to pay respect to Lord Harkon who willingly let Molag Bal go to town on him in order to become a vampire Edit: I know he killed 1000 subjects too. But how do you think vampires are created? 1000 subjects to contact him, worst night of your life to become undead

[@thalmoragent9344]

Actually, I thought Harkon had to kill thousands of innocents and sacrifice them to Molag.

[@maxteraform]

@@thalmoragent9344 Maybe. But Serana said that the ritual was degrading and everyone had to participate

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@maxteraform Ah, I see. Well, was it the whole family, of was that part only for her and her mother? Cause he doesn't necessarily have to go down on whoever wants to be a Vampire Lord. But then again, why go through the extra trouble when you could just do the same ritual for everyone, right? So yeah, maybe you're right

[@Mesruksi]

tbf he just had to sacrifice 1000 of his subjects

[@badluck5647]

I thought Harkon was granted the power of a vampire lord from a Daughter of Coldharbour (either his wife or daughter). He let his own family suffer on his own behalf in his quest for power.

[@KonoGufo]

Tried posting this elsewhere but KZbin is seemingly deleting the comments: There's a great post on the TESLore subreddit called "Theory: Molag Bal is in love with Meridia" and it adds a lot of depth and intrigue to the character. Would recommend it.

[@Zeivusgaming]

If a whoopee cushion was a relic, who would get it? My money is on either Sheogorath or Sanguine.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Sheogorath... that is his thing. 😂 He likes trolling the other Daedric Princes, because deep down inside he is really a pissed off Jyggilag with a grudge.

[@ElectromagNick]

Clavicus Vile. Legendary sailor/pirate asks for the power to "control the winds."

[@SirAshford]

I have a new title for Molag-Bal: Lord of Demonetisation. Got to appreciate the struggle to speak about him whilst confirming to KZbin standards haha.

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

As far as the Sauron imagery goes, I think that may have been a clear design choice for lore reasons. Both Molag Bal and Sauron are demon-type characters, who have been around almost forever in their own worlds, who also both heavily favor the corruption and domination of other things. Having Bal use some of the same style is very fitting with the two characters being very similar. Several examples of similarity include orcs, the Nazgul, and other minions being ruined forms of life, Mordor being desolate and inhospitable like Coldharbour is, and Sauron using a mace like Bal does, while being very deceptive and trying to take over the world. It's the exact same type of guy, just in a different world.

[@PrinceAlhorian]

Mehrunes: "Smash! Burn! No worship! Worship Worms!" Molag: Manipulates whole kingdoms to wipe each other out and they will even thank him for it... "There is a apocalypse coming, my children do as I say and be spared..." (People Dying in squalor and pain) "Praise be to Molag Bal that we are the last to die, Praise be to Molag Bal that we won!" Yep, Dagon is the more terrifying of the two.

[@kharjo8099]

This one is a simple Khajiit,yes..... Sees Fudgemuppet, Instantly starts watching,yes..

[@PrinceAlhorian]

I have coin, you have wares?

[@69inetails]

May your roads lead you to warm sands..

[@birdnoir5841]

**looking at the title** Oh boy, this lore train is going to ESO central lol

[@Sgt-Wolf]

Ahhhh yes, somebody who actually deserves to be cancelled on twitter.

[@badluck5647]

The Harvey Weinstein of deadra princes

[@TheNN]

Molag Bal: Daedric Prince of 4chan

[@flawless_Cowboy]

Eh. Molag bal is pretty based.

[@freeTeu]

I don't know why i read this with Soccucius Ergala's voice

[@rickplayzyt6277]

I'm pretty sure Molag Bal created twitter

[@headkittens]

At around the 16 minute mark, you mention a sickly sweet perfume in Cold Harbour (?), and my mind went to one of my nursing pracs walking into the room of an old person with a long infected leg wound that a day later took their life. Immediate recollection of the heat and smell of decaying flesh on entering, and bring with the nurse changing the dressing. Christ what did the authors of this world experience to be able to write this stuff heh

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Also, Molag Bal x Azura is actually an interesting idea. Molag Bal represents shattered and overcompensated vanity, where Azura is vanity yet unbroken. Maybe when Molag Bal ruled Lyg, Azura and Molag Bal had more in common, and were married. Maybe Azura betrayed Molag Bal, which is why they're enemies now. They're toxic ex's.

[@JKeltTV]

Tamriel Exists Molag Bal: and I took that personally

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

While I'm sure we'll never see her again, having Serana be a cameo for a small Elder scrolls VI quest would be interesting. If TESVI is Hammerfell and Highrock, Imagine walking into Daggerfall and picking up a higher level witcher esq quest in the fighters guild where bodies have been found with blood drained. You head to the coroner and investigate that last of the bodies before they're burned, due to a suspected Vampire attack. The coroner tells you that they all have been bitten on the neck and drained of blood. They're also all armored with a strange image, the likeness of the sun carved into their helms and shields. Its believed they're apart of some sort of religious order. You ask where the last victim was and head there. You find a small trail of blood droplets that lead you to a rundown alleyway in the slums of the city. At the end of the dark alley, you see a woman standing over another body. She turns to look at you and her eyes glow hot, like the fires of Oblivion itself. Its clear she's a vampire, but before you could attack she casts a spell and initiates dialogue with you. She tells you that this man she killed is a vampire and that they bodies you've found are his doing, not hers. You're given the option to persuade her, asking her what who she is and who were the people murdered. Which results in her telling you she is a Vampire that's been on the run from those armored thugs for a while. She hid here in Daggerfall, as many Vampires walk amongst the populace unbeknownst to the public. Yet when the Dawnguard came into town, some of my kind thought it a good idea to act out and murder them. Setting the locals on edge. Our kind thrives on secrecy, making our existence known to the public doesn't exactly draw the right kind of attention. You're given the option to outright attack her, which results in her telling you she's sorry it had to be this way before exiting dialogue and starting a boss battle with her transforming into her Vampire Lord state, polymorphing into a swarm of bats rushing past you before attacking you. You could further ask her about the location of the source of all these Vampire attacks, which has her tell you a clan of Vampires operates in the nearby sewers. You could let her go, and she says that she's leaving the province. Highrocks attracted too much attention and she needs to leave before the Dawnguard finds her. She thanks you, and says its been a long time since she's found someone she feels she can trust before turning into a swarm of bats and flying off into the moonlight. If you didn't ask her about the information, you head back to the guild to tell them that the vampire responsible was slain at the end of an alley, with the option to tell them about Serana. (They mention that they don't like the idea of you letting a vampire go, scolding you a bit, but they consider the quest closed for now). If you killed Serana, they tell you its good you got rid of that fiend too. No telling whether or not she was telling the truth or just trying to avoid an open conflict. Well done. If you did ask Serana about the source of the Vampire attacks, you're given the option to burst in going full rambo and killing all the blood sucking scum yourself or going back to the guild and telling them of the source. Resulting in them giving you a small squad of adventurers to lead into the sewers to purge the threat. (If you went into the sewers alone and come back, they thank you and give you a promotion of rank). Just some fun things I though of while listening to this video, thanks for reading this far. I know it was a bit of a read.

[@maxgrozema1093]

Too complex for Bethesda, how about a radiant fetch quest?

[@lazilycatharticone4191]

@@maxgrozema1093 Damn it Todd, get back in the office! 😁

[@wyvern5903]

So, this is my first time seeing Drew and I was quite surprised because I look almost exactly like him.

[@yokothespacewhale]

19:20 i also miss the old rpg book illustration style that used to influence these games.

[@cybernomad5971]

Talking about lore from eso being applied to elder scrolls 6 can work to some degree. My opinion would be that the good lore from eso can be carried over easily enough and the cringe or bad lore can be part of the legends or tales told over a campfire not necessarily held as 'true' but just stories like the wig wearing scamps.

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

Remember, both everything and nothing is true in TES.

[@cybernomad5971]

Are you applying that logic to the dragon breaks or stealing it from the matrix? :)

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Molag Bal is the Dregh equivalent of Talos.

[@bookbagfox]

Molag Ballin

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Y'all didn't really give this guy justice! His character is actually pretty complex. He's bully and an abuser - deep down, he has a sucking insecurity and cynical worldview that he sates with self-aggrandizing displays of power. When Mehrunes Dagon threw down his dominion of Lyg, Molag Bal was humbled for the first time and has never felt secure since.

[@manga925]

What makes you think he is insecure? He helped make V night omnipotent and let him cut his dick off. He gave Rada Saran a mortal potentially stronger then a dragon born immortality. He was happy the eso hero kicked his ass. It seems like his domination is just to create more Dagons. He seems to love strength to overcome trauma.

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

@@manga925 I think that because what he's doing is the god-equivalent of a typical male mid-life crisis of buying an expensive truck while beating his wife. He feels emasculated, and does crazy shit to feel like how he thinks he should feel. Vivec tricked Molag Bal by seducing him - because deep down MB is lonely and unloved (which, he is, because he's an asshole, but he doesn't understand that). MB intimately confided in Vivec that he doesn't like that his "love" hurts people. After Vivec gets what he wants from MB, he calls MB ugly in all ways and casts him off. Vivec used MB, only further making MB feel salty, emasculated, and further distrusts consensual relationships. Just like any bully, his inability to understand consensual relationships means he only begins respecting you once he fears you. Subconsciously, he wants you to leave him alone because now he feels as your subordinate, and he would hate for you to finish the job like Mehrunes Dagon did in Lyg. This is what happens with your ESO character. His personality archetype is an interesting one because it's one we see a lot in real life amongst incels, pickup artists, domestic abusers, and other emasculated fascists. It's a shockingly human personality, albeit an awful one. Basically, Molag Bal can be pretty well characterized in the Tool music video: Prison Sex.

[@disconcerningcitizen2224]

Didn't molag bal capture and torture dagon? I don't think daedric princes feel emotions like people do.

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

@@disconcerningcitizen2224 Don't know what source you're looking at for Molag Bal torturing Dagon (I don't play ESO), but Daedric Princes are definitely emotional spirits, whose memories and past affects their future actions. I mean, how else would you describe everything Azura does?

[@disconcerningcitizen2224]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 it's in the lore book adversarial spirits. The daedric princes are not "emotional" like mortals they are infinite and their actions aren't fully knowable. They are concepts given will. That's why the anticipations are called living gods, they are just overpowered mortals. The politics of oblivion are complex and shadowed. Azura cursed the chimer, because daedric princes are powered by mortal prayers, princes need every advantage when fighting each other, the mundus is a speck on sea of infinity. The games don't show us all the inter-oblivon politics like when molag bal had to get the cure for vampirism from vaermina. They don't and never have operated by human standards.

[@el-violador]

On the topic of the flowery perfume smell in Coldharbour. I think that it would be so that you never acclimatise to the stench of decay. I imagine it to be an overpowering and sickly sweet smell (like when you open an air freshener in a car) followed by a smell foul beyond comprehension

[@koczmen22]

Molag Ballin'

[@wolfgangspiper]

Ballin. Ballin, Molag Ballin. Swag.

[@manga925]

My theory is he the pain of natural selection or some shit. Because he was pretty chill with you foiling his plans in eso. He wants mortals to be stronger.

[@pedrocaina3323]

Molag ballin'

[@stonythechimist4250]

998K! Y’all are so close to that extremely well-deserved 1 million mark! Thank y’all for all your hard work!

[@3l_Raro]

Molag ballin 🏀

[@aa306911]

Molag be balllllin

[@professorbaelus627]

femboy daedrologist?

[@FaeFemboi]

Blue flame=hotter only applies when talking about standard gas torches and related. Other than that, all sorts of colors of flame can be created depending on the material that is burning, or in other words, "the source of the energy". Much like how fire, created by restoration sun magic, destruction magic, and cold-harbor magic, all burns with different colors, as they are "drawing energy from different sources"

[@jamesn2830]

You guys are out of your mind the scamps in wigs is absolutely genius I love that

[@EliotChildress]

I’m in a terrible position. I love listening these for the info but I listen to them every night as I sleep so now they’ve become a trigger for my brain to shut off. On the plus side for y’all, I have to do many listens to get all the info.

[@jdxjmoney8453]

Molag Bal is the chaotic side of every human being on the planet he doesn’t see it as being evil it’s his nature so what’s evil to us is actually normal to him

[@theamazingdagger5584]

Pretty sure he’s just a dodgy fellow

[@8s700]

Domination doesn't even seem like a chaotic sphere. An obsession with domination implies the need for rigid control. Chaos implies absence of control, stuff flying out of control, like the pure destruction Mehrunes Dagon brings.

[@zixx844]

My personal opinion is that he's actually a former mortal who achieved chim and after realising the world isn't real, decided to just have as much fun as possible. To him, that's inspiring fear in mortals and corrupting people into villains.

[@wolffpup245]

@@zixx844 I mean, one of the things we know about Molag Bal is that he was the king of the Dreughs, and whether he was a mortal Dreugh who ascended or just took that form is unclear.

[@zixx844]

@@wolffpup245 Well as far as I'm aware, the only other instances of gods with physical bodies are mortals who achieved chim. It's also odd how out of the all the gods, Vivec chose Molag Bal to try and get the word 'Chim' out of them.

[@a.a677]

My favourite Daedric Prince

[@Dwemerologist]

For anyone who hasn't been lucky enough to smell a decaying corpse, it does have an almost sweet smell to it. Not a pleasantly sweet smell, but a putrid, sickly sweet smell. That could be the aroma that was described in Coldharbour.

[@OgieSifter]

What I love about molag bal is that because of his crabby origins what others call corruption can easily be evolution or he could perceive it as molting your shell tofu a new environment. I imagine though as a mortal he would get sick of molting for his environment would want his environment to molt form him and his personality

[@Vahmung]

Great podcast. Molag Bal seems to have a lot more information about him than any other of the Daedric Princes. Here is some food for thought with in regards to TES6. Majority of the Elder Scrolls games feature the main antagonist of the game as either a Daedric Prince or some sort of Demi-God type of creature. Not all of the games, but most of them. Though I would rather TES6 be my own theory on what the story would be, do you all think that we may get TES6 as another big bad Daedric Prince invasion type story? Excluding Arena and Daggerfall, the trend seems to be Demi-God, Daedric Prince, Demi-God... (Dagoth Ur, Mehrunes Dagon, Alduin) if so, you think we may get a Molag Val type invasion for TES6? Or are we all ESO Planesmeld exhausted?

[@threesofthree6100]

Ah yes. The mighty prince of corruption and... Other things.

[@HeWhoComments]

Ah, yes. The infamous ‘other’

[@mixture_connoisseur]

I always thought that the sotha sil smelled perfume because of azura being in cold harbor at the moment for the coldharbor compact. Sort of azura's influence seeping through.

[@maxgoss5653]

“Woopy cushions don’t belong in the elder scrolls.” -Michael 2021

[@bennusmagnus5277]

Sounds like the whoopee cushion incident had something to do with Sheogorath.

[@JaysonStork]

So excited for ya'll to break 1 million!

[@delicathvrenitah4282]

An Elder Scrolls whoopie cushion: The bowel taken from a victim and filled with putrid air.

[@mrcopycat2355]

I'd like to hear FudgeMuppet's opinion on the VIGILANT mod

[@blakebailey22]

how does Drew get his hair to look so good?

[@caligulawellington3171]

"His cultists will persuade you that a plage is loose and that the only way to stop it is to burn your city down yourself" Pretty much US summer 2020.

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

Ah, yes. Just glad to see someone else saying it, too.

[@j0nsanders]

Almost a million subscribers lads

[@rhysthomas1699]

It's better to let your enemies suffers a little longer, than to grant them a swift end. Molag Bal thrives on them words.

[@BiomechanicalBrick]

molag ballin

[@ricardoazofeifa5784]

what a epic "spears" battle

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

Molag Bal is my favorite Daedric Prince. My personal theory is that he actually wants to make people strong by challenging and tempting us. He always seems so proud when people successfully manage to defy him, and is contemptuous of those who submit to anyone, even him.

[@patronofdebaucheryandviolence]

Also rqpe

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

@@patronofdebaucheryandviolence Yeah, he does do that . . .

[@maiq2901]

So close to a million boys, keep it up

[@kiptandoru]

Molag Bal puts the demon in demonitised

[@HanaTheSloth]

Currently have a "special" variety of vampire(modded) in Skyrim who hates Molag Bal and most vampires and will join the Dawnguard(again, thanks mods!) to oppose them. Also am playing his backstory as a Crusader in Oblivion. It's great!

[@SHPYD3RM0B]

“We’ll make sure we put it up” yea okay

[@PedroFonsecaAbsolution]

Molag Ballin?

[@Left4Plamz]

Daedric Prince of Corruption and other xD I wonder what the other could be

[@BobbJones]

Love your videos bro

[@dremora2232]

great podcast guys keep up the good work

[@TheDecree93]

I get so hyped for this podcast now that I went down a rabbit hole watching these

[@gabr.7878]

Just the thing I needed

[@Galimeer5]

Vigilant gives Molag Bal way more characterization than anything Bethesda is capable of (its storytelling is a bit vague though, so there's a fair amount of inference and interpretation going on). But it's stuff like implications that he was in love with Lamae and turning her into a vampire was his way of saving her from mortality. Or that he wants to mantle Shezzar, but is physically unable to because of all the terrible things he's done and it's his own psychology and guilt holding him back in a self destructive cycle. There's also stuff about how he and Jyggalag have been going back and forth at each other since the dawn of time. You know, Bal curses Jyggalag with insanity, Sheogorath drives Bal to madness so he thinks raping his girlfriend to undeath is something she would be cool with -- classic bro shit. And, most importantly, Bal's endgame isn't ruling Tamriel, but killing the aedra and destroying Aetherius -- something the player can actually help him achieve if they aren't careful in their playthrough.

[@G59forlife.]

My favorite daedric lord

[@vossboss220]

"Daedric Prince of BDSM Without a Safeword"

[@badluck5647]

At least Sanguine has a safe word.

[@captaincrunchiii158]

Should have saved this one for podcast #69 hahah

[@lieutenantdan9337]

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[@idipped2521]

Can't wait for the announcement on what the million subscribers special will be from the guys

[@dylanjwagner]

Calling the court of contempt cringe really ignores the origins of the entire ES universe. Don’t take it too seriously. It was supposed to be stupid and silly. It was a homebrew dnd setting that got a huge stage. (And whoopie cushions have existed a lot longer than you’d expect. Fart jokes are as old as people.)

[@matthewwilson2637]

It should be pointed out that molag bal is one of the original spirits like the other daedric princes. Just because he led the Dreugh to rule the world doesnt mean he started life as one. Plus side note wasnt vivec in her female form during the encounter with bal? Given vivec births a race of monsters after.

[@DioSnaxs94]

Lol this was halarious great vid guys

[@Y0sh1no5am]

Molag Bal is like it belongs to a Diablo game. Lord of Domination. Like a 4rd brother of Diablo himself.